Author: Hazem Saghieh

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The German Chancellor Angela Merkel with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a Berlin press conference in 2014 (photo: Imago/Zuma)

Germany′s ′Nazi′ methods

Erdogan – the expert on democracy

In likening present-day Germany to the Nazi era, Recep Tayyip Erdogan demonstrates that his ignorance of Germany is on a par with his ignorance of Nazism. As the Lebanese journalist Hazem Saghieh writes, it is a glaring example of the illiteracy that is prevalent among politicians in the Middle EastMore

The rise of right-wing populism in Europe: A continent dividedGerman-Turkish relations in crisis: Fraying at the edgesErdogan and Turkish foreign policy: Neo-Ottoman rumblings
Supporters of the toppled Egyptian president protesting in Cairo (photo: Reuters)

Egypt after the Coup

Two Sides of the Same Coin

The renowned Lebanese journalist and writer Hazem Saghieh believes that the events of recent weeks in Egypt have shown that Arab societies are only capable of bringing forth military power and political Islam after all, and that the champions of democracy, on the other hand, are not a force to be taken seriously when the chips are downMore

After the Ousting of Mohammed Morsi: Egypt on the Brink of CollapseIntervention of the Military: No Second Revolution on the NileInterview with Hazem Saghieh: Beyond the Authority of Religion and the Rule of Family Clans

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Psychologists sound the alarm: in December 2019 Iran's health minister warned of the high economic and social costs of mental illness in Iran. The Association of Iranian Psychologists estimated that one quarter of the population suffers from depression. The American Cato Institute saw Iran in 2019 as the third most unhappy country in the world. Since then, the country has been broadsided by the coronavirus pandemic

Iran: knee-deep in trauma and depression

The country's mood was already weighed down by economic and social problems and military crises before the pandemic reached Iran. The regime's crisis management has done little to improve things. By Shabnam von Hein